Okay. It may sound a bit redundant by now (commentaries are allowed to be redundant, right?), but this one was a lot of fun to do and is probably my second favorite out of the "test strips." I was a bit worried having to write dialogue done over instant messaging in a comic, but I'd like to think it worked out just fine. I suppose the only problem here is that without the context of knowing Gerald plays videogames, the joke about joysticks at the end seems out of place. I'm particularly fond of the facial expressions in this one as they really convey the story very well.
As you can see, the uncensored version of the girl's face pretty much looks like Carl's from Aqua Teens; it really could've been anything. I just thought the gag of having the make-up being too ugly to see that it had to be censored was just too funny. I like the part where Gerald and Kevin are whispering to each other like they are having a secret, mini-conference. The last drawing of Gerald waving his arms ala Olive Oil from Popeye was another great visual gag. All in all, one of my personal favorites with my only complaint being that the story was very condensed, and I feel I could probably stretch this story a whole lot longer if I wasn't trying to do it on one page.
Lastly, I'd like to point out that this girl gets revisited in a later strip.
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